Virat Kohli on Friday became the fastest to 5000 runs as captain, completing the feat in 86 innings during day one of the Day/Night Test between India and Bangladesh here. As captain, Kohli was also the quickest to 4000 Tests runs (65 innings). He is the sixth captain to reach the 5000-run mark. Australian great Ricky Ponting had taken 97 ...

Over 110 teachers of Jawaharlal Nehru University signed a statement on Thursday disassociating themselves from the teachers’ association of the institute owing to the group’s “indifference” towards alleged attacks on their colleagues by some protesting students. The teachers also said the formation of the high-powered committee by the HRD Ministry to resolve the impasse over the hike in hostel fees ...

Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Thursday revealed that she is working on her memoir. She joins the ever-expanding list of film personalities to pen down the most importantmoments of their lives and career in a book. “I am writing my memoir but it is too early to talk about it,” Azmi told PTI. The actor was born to Kaifi Azmi, ...

A CBI court on Thursday convicted 31 people in a case related to the infamous Vyapam recruitment and admission scam of Madhya Pradesh. They were found guilty on a host of counts, including cheating by personation, cheating and forgery related to 2013 police constable exam conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB), better known by its Hindi acronym ...

Public sector banks disbursed a record Rs 2.52 lakh crore of loans during the festive month of October, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. An amount of Rs 1.05 lakh crore was fresh lending, the Department Financial Services said in a statement. An amount of Rs 46,800 crore was given as working capital loan, it said. The government in September ...

Rafael Nadal instigated a Spanish comeback against Russia in the Davis Cup on Tuesday by capitalising on a raucous home crowd to beat Karen Khachanov in straight sets. Nadal, who will finish the year as world number one, came through a second-set tie-break to defeat Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (9/7) and level the Group B match in Madrid. Marcel Granollers and ...

Equity benchmark BSE Sensex opened over 260 points higher on Wednesday, propelled by a rally in index-heavyweight Reliance Industries which scaled a fresh intra-day peak in opening session. After hitting a high of 40,736.14 in early trade, the 30-share index pared some gains to quote 177.67 points, or 0.44 per cent, higher at 40,647.37. Similarly, the broader Nifty too reclaimed ...

WhatsApp has written to the government expressing “regret” over the Pegasus snooping row, and has assured that it is taking all security measures to address concerns, top government sources said. The sources, who requested not to be named, said the government has asked WhatsApp to reinforce its security wall, and that no more breaches at the messaging platform will be ...

The tremors of an Earthquake that struck on India-Nepal border were felt in North India including Delhi-NCR at around 7:30 pm on Tuesday evening. Apart from Delhi-NCR, tremors have been felt in many other cities of North India including Lucknow, Noida, Gurugram, Chandigarh. The epicenter of the earthquake was on the Indo-Nepal border. The intensity of the earthquake measured 5.3 ...

On the occasion of World Heritage Week 2019 being observed from 19th to 25th November 2019, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited, the tourism arm of Indian Railways is launching “Heritage Week” Special Tour Package ex Mumbai starting from 22nd to 25th November 2019. The tour is being operated by IRCTC, West Zone Office, Mumbai. The unique feature of ...